Articles

Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit. >

Spanish designer Javier Mariscal’s retrospective is currently on show at the Design Museum in London, until November 2009. >

RePacked saw architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey design and handcraft 19 pieces using embroidery, woodwork and blue foam. >

Mingo Lamberti are calling for entries for their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts. Deadline: 31 August 2009. >

Spoek Mathambo is the MC who is burning up the European dance charts with his Sweat.X and Playdoe collaborations. >

Youssef Nabil tells Design Indaba about cinema, sleep, death and living between places. >

Lemn Sissay turns words into monuments, literally. Spending some time in South Africa, the poet gives Nadine Botha a verbal whiplashing. >

Givan Lötz seeks to blur the line between design craft and contemporary fine art. >

Ghariokwu Lemi’s cover designs continue to spread the Felasophy in Nigeria and the world. “It is forever and a day,” he tells Design Indaba. >

A large scale and site-specific installation by designer Clive Rundle entailed three models climbing out of a wall. >

Two chandeliers by the Karoo-based Magpie Collective have been selected for the Obamas' private residence. >

Li Edelkoort recently touched down in SA to share her positive vision of the future at a pair of seminars in Cape Town and Johannesburg. >

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